Example sentences of "i must have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | From outside , the church looked very old , and deserted , and I began to wonder why I had come ; and I must have been a little late , because in the perfect stillness within , the members of the congregation already knelt — like statues , some caught in a swath of rainbow light where the rising sun shone through a stained-glass window , splashing the bowed heads and bent shoulders with crimson , royal blue , emerald and gold . |
| 2 | I sent the cheque back , saying that although it had been immensely good of them to bring me up , I must have been a great burden and was now a disappointment , so I would prefer them to keep this money as some repayment for all they had done . |
| 3 | I must have been a constant reminder of her , and he could n't bear it . ’ |
| 4 | " Sometimes I think I must have been a horse in a previous incarnation . " |
| 5 | But I think I can take it that I must have been a little — er — unsteady with my actions . |
| 6 | ‘ For once , not Rosemary , though I 'm getting more and more desperate about not knowing what to do for the best , ’ he confessed , but went on to explain , ‘ I spent a lot of time yesterday in realising that I must have been a real wet blanket when Naylor announced your engagement on Saturday . ’ |
| 7 | If I found there was no coffee in the house I 'd shout and swear at her and I must have been an absolute pain to live with . |